On April 18 RIA Novosti, Argumenty I Fakty, PolitNavigator, Moskovskyi Komsomolets and other Russian media disseminated a story claiming that Ukrainian sailors who left Crimea after it was annexed by Russia in 2014 were threatening to return to the occupied peninsula and take Russian citizenship.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Stop Fake: Ukrainian sailors threaten to return to Crimea (manipulation)
Russian Navy sailors march during the celebration of a Russia's Navy Day in Sevastopol, Crimea, on July 31, 2016.
